45% Of Households Benefit From CFA Under PM Surya Ghar: MNRE Updated On Fri, Feb 7th, 2025 by Saurenergy The Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has shared details of the households that benefitted through the installation of rooftop solar plants. When asked about the number of rooftop solar installations done under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY) till now, the minister stated, “ Under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft […] Read more
APTEL’s Relief To ACME Over COVID-Linked ‘Force Majeure’ Updated On Thu, Feb 6th, 2025 by Saurenergy The Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) has now ordered in favour of ACME Heergarh Powertech Private Limited in a case related to force majeure, triggered by the COVID pandemic. The judgment was passed after the petitioner (ACME) approached the apex body by challenging an impugned order, earlier passed by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). […] Read more
West Bengal Issues Tender To Build Ground-Mounted Solar Project Updated On Thu, Feb 6th, 2025 by Saurenergy The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) has issued a tender to develop a 10 MW ground-mounted solar project across different districts of West Bengal. WBSEDCL is accepting bids until February 22, 2025. West Bengal solar project includes three years of comprehensive operation and maintenance of eight (08) x 10 MW (NC) ground-mounted solar […] Read more
5 Reasons Why BESS Will Be a Focal Point of Energy Business in 2025 Updated On Wed, Feb 5th, 2025 by Saurenergy Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are a very crucial component of the renewable future that the world envisions. Recent years saw a tremendous increase in renewable energy and with it energy storage solutions, like BESS, emerged as a missing piece of the puzzle in competition against fossil-based power to dominate the energy sector. As a […] Read more
January Power Market- DAM Prices Drift Lower, Green Volumes Up 218% YoY Updated On Wed, Feb 5th, 2025 by Saurenergy Indian Energy Exchange, India’s premier electricity exchange, achieved monthly electricity traded volume of 10,910 MU in January’25, marking a 16% increase on year-on-year basis. IEX recorded highest ever monthly trade of RECs in January ’25. A total of 38.03 lakh Renewable Energy Certificates were traded during the month, marking a 150% year on year increase. […] Read more
Prozeal Set To Supply 24.40 MWp Solar Power To Aarti Drugs Updated On Tue, Feb 4th, 2025 by Saurenergy Mumbai-based Aarti Drugs has tied up with Prozeal Green Energy to procure solar power through a captive arrangement. The company announced the collaboration in a regulatory filing, stating, “Aarti Drugs, a manufacturer of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Pharma Intermediates, has entered into a share subscription and shareholders’ agreement with Prozeal Green Power and Pro-Zeal […] Read more
Budget 2025: Experts Expect Spur In India’s Renewable Growth Updated On Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 by Saurenergy The 2025 Budget brought forward by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised new hopes for the Indian solar sector. With an increase in the budgetary allocations for the overall solar sector and higher budgets for key schemes like PM Surya Ghar, PM-KUSUM and solar power transmission infrastructure, the industry is looking at a healthy growth […] Read more
Australia Risks 12-18 GW Renewable Gap Due To Slow Investment, Study Finds Updated On Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 by Saurenergy Australia has run into plenty of problems regarding its solar capacity. 2024 saw the continuing issue of curtailments as solar was regularly oversupplied to a grid run on baseload coal and gas power. The rush to build large batteries has helped, but not enough clearly. The National Electricity Market (NEM) is stalling investment in Australia’s […] Read more
China’s March Towards 3000 GW Renewables By 2030, 2025 Solar Price Trends Updated On Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 by Saurenergy In news from China, the National Energy Administration (NEA) of the country has confirmed that in 2024, China added 373 GW of renewable capacity. This is a 23 percent year on year rise. Those additions, which accounted for 86% of all power capacity added, also took the share of renewables in total capacity to 56 […] Read more
